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On the chief ministers charge that BJP was trying to make Mathura incident into a poll issue, Shah said, "If you have any shame left, then please dont show your face."

"Government land was encroached upon for two years under the patronage of a senior cabinet minister and two police officers were killed while removing the encroachment," he alleged.

The BJP president said when the government cannot save its police, then how can it protect the public. "You say that we are making it (Mathura) an issue. BJP workers will launch a struggle against any encorachment. Other governments give land to poor, but this government snatches their land. Mathura incident is shameful," he said, adding it has now become a key electoral issue. Recalling BJPs resounding success in 2014 Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, Shah exhorted the party workers to "repeat the success".

"What you did in 2014 has to be repeated in 2017 also. Only BJP can liberate the state from the morass caused by SP and BSP," he said. PTI AVA SMI CHT RT

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